I. ARtephius noster (be∣nevole Lector) solus inter Philosophos in∣vidiâ caret, ut infra de so pluribus in locis asserit, & 〈◊〉〈◊〉 apertissimis verbis artem omnem explicat, ac ambages & sophismata sapientum quan∣tum ipse potest solvit ac diri∣mit.
Medicina practica, or, Practical physick shewing the method of curing the most usual diseases happening to humane bodies ... : to which is added, the philosophick works of Hermes Trismegistus, Kalid Persicus, Geber Arabs, Artesius Longævus, Nicholas Flammel, Roger Bachon and George Ripley : all translated out of the best Latin editions into English ... : together with a singular comment upon the first book of Hermes, the most ancient of philosophers : the whole compleated in three books / by William Salmon ...
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- Medicina practica, or, Practical physick shewing the method of curing the most usual diseases happening to humane bodies ... : to which is added, the philosophick works of Hermes Trismegistus, Kalid Persicus, Geber Arabs, Artesius Longævus, Nicholas Flammel, Roger Bachon and George Ripley : all translated out of the best Latin editions into English ... : together with a singular comment upon the first book of Hermes, the most ancient of philosophers : the whole compleated in three books / by William Salmon ...
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- Salmon, William, 1644-1713.
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- London :: Printed for T. Howkins ... J. Taylor ... and J. Harris ...,
- 1692.
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- Medicine, Arab.
- Medicine, Medieval.
- Alchemy -- Early works to 1800.
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"Medicina practica, or, Practical physick shewing the method of curing the most usual diseases happening to humane bodies ... : to which is added, the philosophick works of Hermes Trismegistus, Kalid Persicus, Geber Arabs, Artesius Longævus, Nicholas Flammel, Roger Bachon and George Ripley : all translated out of the best Latin editions into English ... : together with a singular comment upon the first book of Hermes, the most ancient of philosophers : the whole compleated in three books / by William Salmon ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A60662.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 8, 2025.
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II. Verum ne etiam impiis, ignaris, & malis modum no∣cendi praestaret,
III. Sub artificiosa methe∣do, modò asserens, modò ne∣gans, in repetitionibus suis ve∣ritatem velavit, relinquens judicio Lectoris viam virtu∣tis, veritatis, & veri labo∣ris.
IV. Quam si quis capere possit, gratias immortales soli reddat Deo, si verò videat se in vero tramite non ambulare, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 relegat, quousque ejus mentem penitùs attingere pos∣sit.
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V. Sic fecit doctissimus Joannes Pontanus, qui dicit in Epistola in Theatro Chimi∣co impressâ. Errant, (loqui∣tur de laborantibus in arte,) erraverunt, ac errabunt, eò quod proprium agens non posuerunt Philosophi, ex∣cepto uno, qui Artephius no∣minatur, sed pro se loqui∣tur, & nisi Artephium legis∣sem, & loqui sensissem, nunquam ad operis com∣plementum pervenissem.
VI. Ergo hunc lege, & re∣lege, quousque loqui sentias, fi∣nemque optatum obtinere pos∣sis. Non est quod multa fa∣ciam de Authore nostro, suf∣ficiat illum vixisse per mille annos, gratiâ (inquit) Dei
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& usu hujus mirabilis quintae essentiae: ut etiam testatur Rogerus Bacon in Libro de Mirabilibus Naturae ope∣ribus.
VII. Et etiam doctissinus, Theophrastus Paracelsus in Libro de vita longa, quod tempus mille annorum caeteri Philosophi, neque etiam pater ipse Hermes, potuerunt at∣tingere. Vide ne ergo forsan hic Author virtutes nostri la∣pidis melius caeteris noscat. Tu tamen utut est, fruere illo, laboribusque nostris ad Dei Gloriam & Regni utilitatem. Vale.